Have you ever wondered how to make diversity a reality so everyone in your organisation can advance their careers, and help make your company more successful? Most people agree that workplace diversity is essential to becoming fit for the future… it’s common sense. Research even shows that racial and gender diversity improves financial outcomes by…

Innovation, Strategy and Risk (Part 1) The recent turbulence of our market has a well-established ruthlessness in decimating long loved institutions. Brands once considered to be indomitable, such as Kodak, Nokia and Australia’s automotive industry, are disappearing faster than the Amazon; whilst Uber, AirBNB, and, somewhat ironically, Amazon Inc, are exploding in scale, dominance and…

Recently the Hargraves Victorian group met at the amazing offices of AGL to collaborate, share and inspire each other. I was amazed to see how quickly the group engaged and got right into sharing their challenges and were so open to new and diverse opinions in such a short space of time. So what did…

Have you ever wondered what makes some organisations innovative while others use the best available techniques and advice but just can’t make it stick? So, I think we’ve found the secret sauce… it’s the mindset of your employees, it’s the way individual mindsets combine to make a healthy team and it’s how the organisation reinforces…

Innovation is anything that is new that, when implemented, adds value, with the emphasis on “when implemented”. Innovation is not hackathons, it’s not implementing idea management systems. IDEAS exist everywhere in organisations. It’s implementing good ideas that organisations struggle with as too often they are encumbered with focussing on ‘business as usual’. I was reminded…

I have been an admirer of Hargraves Institute for almost 8 years now, from a member perspective. Hargraves’ ethos of sharing and collaborating to solve problems, is what every organisation needs, whether small or large, public or private, conventional or new. Hargraves has continued to reinvent its innovation offering since its inception. It still brings…

Insights from the Big Apple The Edison Awards is the premier innovation showcase for North America. Applications are taken globally with representation from all continents. In the 2017 Edison Awards, Australia had 3 finalists out of 144. The Edison Awards recognition event comprised three activities; a reception, a conference/showcase and, finally, the award event itself.…